Kamis 20 Aug 2015 19:51 WIB

Rupiah loses more value against US dollar on Thursday

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian currency rupiah lost more value against the U.S. dollar trading at the level of 13,866 in the closing session on Thursday from 13,842 per dollar earlier.

Despite the signal from the Fed that it would postpone raising its fund rate, investors still chose to hold dollar as the prospects are better for the U.S. economy than for other advanced economies, analysts said.

"Investors feel safer with dollar," Reny Eka Putri, a financial market analyst from Bank Mandiri said.

Meanwhile there has been no positive sentiment that could drive rupiah to a positive territory , Reny said, adding economic data released this month was not up to market's expectatio0n.